Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-03-11
To establish agricultural experiment

To legalize the incorporation OF
trades-unions.
Increasing the pension for the loss
of arms and legs.
Indemnifying Chinese for losses sus-
tanned by the Rock Springs (Wyom.
ing) riots.
To establish a judicial district in
Montana.
To legalize elections of Territorial
Legislative Assembly of Wyoming.
TO lelinquish the interests of the
United States in certain lots to the
county and city of San Francisco.
To remove charges of desertion from
the records of soldiers who rc-enlisted
without having received discharge
on account of first enlistment.
To establish military post at Den,
yer, Colorado.
To provide for the execution of arti-
Gle 4 of the Chinese treaty of Novem-
Der 7, 1886, prohibiting the importa.
ton of opium).
OF the foregoing measures, seven be-
came laws by expiration of constitu-
tional limitation: The Mormon poly
gamy bill, trade dollar redemption bill
military bill and four private bills.
SENATE BILLS vETOED.
The Senate bills vetoed were 80 in
number, IL being of a public and 90 of
a private character. The public bills
vetoed We're as follows: To quiet IT,
ties of settlers on the Dcs Moincs river
lands (passed over veto in the Senate,
but failed in the House,; for the ercc-
ton of public buildings at GAINESVILLE,
o., Lafayette, Ind, Sioux City and
Dayton, o., (rassed over the veto in
both houses) and Lynn, Mass; to ex-
tend the provisions of the immediate
transportation act to Nebraska; to
grant railroads the right of way
through the Indian reservation in
Northern Montana.
VETOED HOUSE BILLS.
The SO House bills vetoed included
81 private bills and six bills OF a public
nature. The public bills were for the
erection of Federal buildings at Spring
field, Mo-, Duluth, Mimi, Ashville, N.
c., and Portsmouth, Ohio; to distribute
$4,000 worth of seeds among the
drouth stricken people of Texas and
the dependent pensions bill.
An effort to pass the dependent pen
sions bill over the veto failed.
BILLS FAILING OF ENACTMENT.
The bills which failed of enactment
were: The fortifcation bill; river and
harbor bill (not signed by the Presi-
cent?, and deficiency bill, on which
the conference report was not submit
ted in time for action.
BILLS POCKETED.
Fifty bills in addition to those which
became laws and those vetoed were
sent to the President, but were pocket
ed by him on adjournment of Congress
and therefore failed. The most impor-
tant are as follows:
River and harbor.
To prevent the employment of con-
Wet and alien labor on public works.
To open to public settlement n land
strip south of Kansas.
The O'Neill labor arbitration bill, for
the settlement of controversies be-
tween interstate railroads and their
employees.
The Morrison surplus resolution and
one to annex part of Idaho to Wash
ingtOn Territory.
KILLED BILLS.
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill
and the bill to repeal the pre-emption,
homestead, timber culture and desert
land laws were in conference for long
while, but the differences proved ire
concilable.
The bill to tax fractional parts of a
gallon of spirits was killed by the
House.
The bill to create Department of
Agriculture and Labor was killed.
About $50 bills and joint resolutions
which passed the House failed Of ac-
ton in the Senate, some defeated by
adverse committee reports.
The more important of these bills
are as follows: To establish a sub
treasury at Louisville, Ky.
For drawback upon imported arti-
cles used in the manufacture of ex.
ported tobacco.
To terminate certain Chinese treaty
stipulations and prohibit Chinese i'm
migration into the United States.
Among the bills on which no action
was taken are the following: Blair
educational bill; Cameron Hale twin
bill for increase of the navy; twin for
tification bill; Dakota admission bill
bill for admission of Washington Ter
ritory; Eads bill; Nicaragua Canal
bill; bill changing date of inaugura-
ton day; bill to reimburse depositors
in Freedmen's Savings bank; suspen-
sion of silver coinage; Pacific railroad
funding question bills; to establish
a uniform bankruptcy law; Hennepin
canal; Oklahoma bill and Dunn free
ship bills. The bills to repeal civil
service laws and to grant woman suf.
frage were killed in the House by ad-